M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

22 ¹ And having responded, Jesus again spoke in parables to them, saying, ² “The kingdom of the heavens became-like^[a] a man who was a king, who made wedding-celebrations for his son. ³ And he sent out his slaves to call the ones having been invited^[b] to the wedding-celebrations, and they were not willing to come. ⁴ Again he sent out other slaves saying, ‘Say to the ones having been invited, “Behold— I have prepared my luncheon^[c], my bulls and fatted-cattle having been slaughtered, and everything is prepared. Come to the wedding-celebrations”’. ⁵ But the ones, having paid-no-concern^[d], departed— one to his own field, and another on his business. ⁶ And the rest, having seized his slaves, mistreated them and killed them. ⁷ And the king became angry^[e]. And having sent his troops, he destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire. ⁸ Then he says to his slaves, ‘The wedding-celebration is prepared— but the ones having been invited were not worthy! ⁹ Therefore go to the outlets^[f] of the roads, and invite all-that you find to the wedding-celebrations’. ¹⁰ And having gone out into the roads, those slaves gathered-together all whom they found, both evil^[g] and good. And the wedding-hall was filled with ones reclining-back [to eat]. ¹¹ And the king, having come in to see^[h] the ones reclining-back [to eat], saw there a person not having dressed-in^[i] the clothing of ^[j] a wedding. ¹² And he says to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here, not having the clothing of a wedding?’ But the one was silenced. ¹³ Then the king said to the servants, ‘Having bound his feet and hands, throw him out, into the outer darkness’. In that place, there will be the weeping and the grinding of teeth. ¹⁴ For many are called ones, but few are chosen ones”.

The Pharisees Try To Snare Jesus: Shall We Pay Taxes To Caesar?

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees, having gone, took counsel so that they might snare Him in a statement. ¹⁶ And they send-forth their disciples to Him, with the Herodians^[k], saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful, and You teach the way of God in truth. And You are not concerned about [pleasing] anyone, for You do not look at the face^[l] of people. ¹⁷ Tell us then, what seems right to You? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax^[m] to Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But having known their evilness^[n], Jesus said, “Why are you testing Me, hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show Me the coin for the poll-tax”. And the ones brought to Him a denarius^[o]. ²⁰ And He says to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” ²¹ They say to Him, “Caesar’s”. Then He says to them, “Then give-back^[p] the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God”. ²² And having heard it, they marveled. And having left Him, they went away.

The Sadducees Try To Snare Jesus On The Resurrection of a Wife With Seven Husbands

²³ On that day Sadducees came to Him— ones saying that there is not a resurrection. And they questioned Him, ²⁴ saying, “Teacher, Moses said [in Deut 25:5] ‘If someone dies not having children, his brother shall as-next-of-kin-marry^[q] his wife and raise-up a seed^[r] for his brother’. ²⁵ Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first, having married, came-to-an-end^[s]. And not having a seed, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise also the second, and the third, up to the seventh. ²⁷ And last of all, the woman died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, of which of the seven will she be the wife? For they all had her!” ²⁹ But having responded, Jesus said to them, “You are mistaken^[t], not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given-in-marriage, but are like angels^[u] in heaven. ³¹ And concerning the resurrection of the dead, did you not read the thing having been spoken to you by God^[v], saying [in Ex 3:15] ³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of dead ones, but of living ones”. ³³ And having heard it, the crowds were astounded at His teaching.

A Scribe Tests Jesus: Which Is The Great Commandment?

³⁴ And the Pharisees, having heard that He silenced the Sadducees, were gathered-together at the same place. ³⁵ And one of them, a Law-expert, asked Him— testing Him— ³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great^[w] commandment in the Law?” ³⁷ And the One said to him: “‘You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind’ [Deut 6:5]— ³⁸ this is the great and foremost^[x] commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’ [Lev 19:18]. ⁴⁰ The whole Law and the Prophets hang^[y] on these two commandments”.

Jesus Asks The Pharisees, If David Calls The Messiah His Lord, How Can He Be His Son?

⁴¹ Now the Pharisees having^[z] been gathered-together, Jesus questioned them, ⁴² saying, “What seems right to you concerning the Christ— Whose son is He?” They say to Him, “David’s”. ⁴³ He says to them, “How then does David by^[aa] the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’, saying [in Ps 110:1], ⁴⁴ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Be sitting on My right side, until I put Your enemies under Your feet”’? ⁴⁵ Therefore if David calls Him ‘Lord’, how^[ab] is He his son?” ⁴⁶ And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question Him any more.

22 ¹ “Men, brothers, and fathers, hear my defense to you now”. ² And having heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they granted more quietness.

I Am a Jew Trained By Gamaliel, And Was Zealously Persecuting The Church

And he says, ³ “I am a Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought-up in this city; having been trained at the feet of Gamaliel^[a] in accordance with the strictness^[b] of the Law of ^[c] my ancestor^[d]; being a zealot for God just as you all are today— ⁴ who persecuted this Way to the point of death, binding and handing-over both men and women to prisons, ⁵ as indeed the high priest testifies concerning me, and the whole Council-of-elders, from whom also having received letters to the brothers, I was proceeding to Damascus to bring bound to Jerusalem even the ones being there, in order that they might be punished.

On The Way To Damascus For This Purpose, Jesus Spoke To Me And Blinded Me

⁶ “But it came about in my proceeding and drawing-near to Damascus about mid-day, that suddenly a great light from heaven flashed around me. ⁷ And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ ⁸ And I answered, ‘Who are You, sir^[e]?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, Whom you are persecuting’. ⁹ And the ones being with me saw the light, but did not hear^[f] the voice of the One speaking to me. ¹⁰ And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Having arisen, proceed into Damascus. And there it will be told you concerning everything which has been assigned^[g] to you to do’. ¹¹ But since I was not seeing because of the glory of that light, I came into Damascus being hand-led by the ones being with me.

Ananias Restored My Sight And Said God Appointed Me To Be His Witness

¹² “And a certain Ananias— a reverent man in-relation-to the Law, being attested by all the Jews dwelling there, ¹³ having come to me and having stood near— said to me, ‘Brother Saul, see again’. And I looked-up at him at the very hour. ¹⁴ And the one said, the God of our fathers appointed^[h] you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One and hear a voice from His mouth, ¹⁵ because you will be a witness for Him to all people of the things which you have seen and which you heard. ¹⁶ And now, why are you delaying? Having arisen, be baptized, and wash-away your sins, having called-upon His name’.

In a Vision At The Temple, God Said He Was Sending Me To The Gentiles

¹⁷ “And it came about at my having returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, that I came-to-be in a trance ¹⁸ and saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry, and go out from Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me’. ¹⁹ And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that throughout the synagogues I was imprisoning and beating the ones putting-faith upon You. ²⁰ And when the blood of Stephen Your witness was being shed, I myself also was standing-near and giving-approval and guarding the garments of the ones killing him’. ²¹ And He said to me, ‘Be going, because I will send you out far away to the Gentiles’”.

At The Mention of Gentiles, The Mob Erupts. The Romans Take Paul Away

²² And they were listening-to him up to this statement. And they raised their voice, saying, “Take away such a one from the earth, for it was^[i] not proper that he continue-living”. ²³ And while they were shouting and throwing-off their cloaks and throwing dust into the air, ²⁴ the commander ordered that he be brought into the barracks— having said that he should be interrogated with whips in order that he might learn for what reason they were calling-out against him in this manner. ²⁵ But when they stretched him out with^[j] the straps^[k], Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful^[l] for you to whip a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?” ²⁶ And having heard it, the centurion, having gone to the commander, reported, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman”. ²⁷ And having gone to him, the commander said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And the one said, “Yes”. ²⁸ And the commander responded, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum [of money]”. And Paul said, “But I indeed have been born one”. ²⁹ So the ones being about to interrogate him immediately withdrew from him. And the commander also became afraid, having learned that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

The Romans Take Paul Before The Sanhedrin

³⁰ And on the next day, wanting to know the certainty as to why he was being accused by the Jews, he released^[m] him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to come together. And having brought Paul down, he stood him before them.